Homotoma ficus ( Linné, 1758 )

Duarte, Beatriz Zarcos, Burckhardt, Daniel, Ouvrard, David, Queiroz, Dalva L., Valkenburg, Thijs & Neto, Luís, 2025, The Psylloidea (Hemiptera) of Portugal (mainland, Azores and Madeira): checklist and new distributional and host records, Zootaxa 5642 (4), pp. 343-385 : 350-351

Homotoma ficus ( Linné, 1758)

( Fig. 5 )

Material examined. Aveiro: 2♂, 1♀, Luso, Buçaco Forest , 19.ix.1979 (leg. C. Lienhard) ( NHMB, dry mounted) . Faro: 7 immatures, Fonte Benémola, Querença , 37°12'21.2"N 8°00'11.5"W, 12.v.2024, Ficus carica (leg. B. Duarte) ( BDC, 70% ethanol) ; 2♂, 4♀, Fonte Benémola, Querença , 37°12'21.2"N 8°00'11.5"W, 12.v.2024, F. carica (leg. B. Duarte) ( BDC, 70% ethanol) ; 1♂, between Casais and Cercada , 37°17'18.2"N 8°35'57.5"W, 9.ix.2024, F. carica (leg. D. Burckhardt & D.L. Queiroz) ( NHMB, dry mounted) .

Distribution Portugal. Mainland: No details provided (Burckhardt 1989); Aveiro (this study); Castelo Branco, Coimbra (iNaturalist, Appendix 1); Faro (this study; iNaturalist, Appendix 1).

Host plants Portugal. Moraceae : Ficus carica L. (this study).

⁂‡ Macrohomotoma gladiata Kuwayama, 1908

( Figs 6–8 )

Material examined. Faro: 3♂, 4♀, 2 immatures, Olhão , 37.023329°N 7.846906°W, 19.ix.2024, Ficus microcarpa (leg. B. Duarte) ( BDC, 70% ethanol) .

Distribution Portugal. Mainland: Faro (this study).

Host plants Portugal. Moraceae : Ficus microcarpa L.f. (this study).

Comments. New for Portugal.

Parasitoids. Confirmed in the laboratory, but emerged hymenopteran parasitoids not yet identified.

Figures

FIGURES 5–8. Carsidaridae: Homotominae. 5) Homotoma ficus, last instar, habitus; 6) Ficus microcarpa with shoots infested by Macrohomotoma gladiata; 7) immatures of Macrohomotoma gladiata in waxy secretions; 8) Macrohomotoma gladiata, male, habitus. (Photos by Beatriz Duarte).